Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of North American trees, natural order Juglandaceæ, confined to the region east of the Rocky Mountains.
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- noun genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China
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Examples
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Loose bark pignut carya ovalis seedlings, Japan walnut seedlings, Adams Black
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Row 7C South -- Close bark pignut carya glabra seedlings.
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MORRIS: In attempting to make crosses between juglans and carya we find often that the pollen of carya will excite the cell of the juglans but without making a fusion.
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Zorn, the largest hickory yet found, carya buckleyi Arkansana
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This plant should not be confused with pig-nut (_carya porcina_), which is a species of hickory.
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891
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The plain was what is termed a "pecan" prairie -- that is, a prairie half covered with groves, copses, and lists of woodland -- in which the predominating tree is the pecan -- a species of hickory (_carya olivaeformis_), bearing an oval, edible nut of commercial value.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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